Giant spruce cut for use as the nation's...

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November 20, 1989

- LIBBY, MONT. — WRONG WAY. A giant spruce cut for use as the nation's Christmas tree fell the wrong way Saturday, narrowly missing about 300 spectators on a road in the Kootenai National Forest. The tree broke as it fell across the back of a logging truck near this northwestern Montana town. A backup tree, a 41-year-old Engelmann spruce originally selected as the first choice, was later felled for shipment to Washington. House Speaker Tom Foley is expected to throw the switch to light the tree at a ceremony in Washington on Dec. 13.